
- Net foreign buying for past 10 weeks propels pre-Avurudu rally
- Both indices up year-to-date for first time; net foreign inflow tops Rs. 7 b
After many months of pessimism, the Colombo stock market has shown signs of positivism spurred by heavy foreign buying boosting overall sentiment.
“Foreign buying and foreign interest in blue chips are pushing the market up and we hope the trend will continue,” said First Capital Equities Ltd. senior research analyst Atchuthan Srirangan.
“Though retail investors are still on the sidelines, the good thing is foreigners and high net worth investors are grabbing the opportunity and buying,” Yohan Samarakkody, head of research at SC Securities, was quoted as saying by Reuters earlier in the week.
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